Edward Norton

Edward Norton grew up in Columbia, Md., a community founded by his grandfather, James Rouse. His breakthrough film role came in "Primal Fear," in which he played an altar boy accused of murder. He received an Oscar nomination and won a Golden Globe for his work in the film. His turn as a former skinhead earned him his second Oscar nomination. Norton has also starred in "The Incredible Hulk," "Fight Club" and "The People vs. Larry Flynt," among other films.

"Birdman" proves that a movie — the grabbiest, most kinetic film ever made about putting on a play — can soar on the wings of its own technical prowess, even as the banality of its ideas threatens to drag it back down to earth.
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**1/2 (out of four)From my left shoulder, a tiny, excited voice makes its case: “This movie’s great! There’s Robert Downey Jr. being snarky and Scarlett Johansson kicking the ass of someone who’s eyeing hers and special effects that totally make it look...

The culmination of everything ever written, produced or imagined in the known universe, or something like that,"The Avengers"bunches together Iron Man, Captain America, The Hulk, Thor, the leather-clad assassin Black Widow, the lethal archer...